A/N: Okay, my second fanfiction on this site and it's a bit different, seemingly not having any of the original characters in it. It does and there will be more later on. Thing is, this does take place in the future so players from past versions are older now so they might seem different. Please bear with me and I hope you will all still enjoy the story.
"The World": The largest online game in modern times. Now it has reached its third version, Revision X or R:X for short. The new version incorporated various features from R:2 and since it was possible to play it on the handheld P-COM, its popularity only kept growing. With new and improved graphics, nothing seemed to be able to stop "The World" from becoming the ultimate online game.
2025. After running for 5 years with no major bugs or problems, "The World R:X" suddenly crashed without warning. On their website, CyberConnect posted a formal apology and promised to get the game up and running without having to delete any character data. But despite working with a large portion of their workforce, CC Corp was unable to start up the servers again. It was a dark time for all players of "The World"...
Until one day when a mirror server appeared on the internet. Without having to pay for anything, the players were able to access most parts of "The World" again with their original characters intact. CC Corp was quick to speak up about the mysterious rebirth of "The World" and it became apparent that they were not behind it.
It was a hacker. Known as "The Prophet of the Twilight", he had somehow accumulated data from past versions of "The World" as well as R:X and from this, created a mirror server. CC Corp was soon given access to the server and rebuilt the game by implementing elements from the past versions as well. New avatar designs became available and the Root Towns changed their appearance slightly. And so "The World" was born anew.
But since data from all versions had been compiled, just how much of the old games would still be living on?
Half a year has passed since CC Corp rebuilt "The World", thanks to the game data given to them by "The Prophet". Everything has been working without problems and the players started to believe that the ultimate version of "The World" had finally been born.
But lately players have been reporting strange things happening. From strange PC's wandering aimlessly in dungeons to unusable items appearing in players' inventory. "The World" has come across mysterious events happening once again.
With the strange resurfacing of the epic poem known as "Epitaph of Twilight", you can only help but to wonder: Just how much of the data have been recovered? Has "The World" once again been infected with an unknown virus? And what is the mysterious "Cubia Code", which has been mentioned on the message board?